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In this dimension, dreams will be utilized to allow the inhabitants of the world to learn more about themselves, each other, what it means to be human, and their relationship to nature and the gods. There are several ways that dreams will manifest in this world.
1. Dream Posts/Viewable Dreams
Dream Posts are dreams that are viewable only through the Hitomi, posted onto the network community. When a dreamer dreams anywhere in the world, the dream is broadcasted through the Hitomi network. Anyone who watches the dream will experience the dreamer's emotions while watching the dream if they are touching the Hitomi. If they are not touching the Hitomi, the dream can be watched as a mini-movie.
Some dreamers have the ability to filter dreams. Most dreamers do not. If your character is someone who is normally incredibly secretive, they will not have the ability to filter dreams.
Dreams can only be responded to within 14 days of the dream being posted. After that time, the dream is locked and characters will not be able to respond to the dreams. However, they will be able to still view them.
2. Dream Logs/Interactive Dreams
Interactive Dreams are a little more complicated, and are posted to the log community. When your character has an intense, emotional, or otherwise important dream (or a dream that is simply hilariously funny, angry, absurd or any other kind of heightened emotion), the dream will actually manifest in the real world. For example, if your character is dreaming that they are fighting on a battlefield, the world around them will change into a battlefield, with your character lying in the middle of the dream, as the fighting goes on around them.
Your character will have two different manifestations in a dream:
1. Their physical body, which will be asleep unless it is woken up by someone.
2. Their dream self, which will be acting out the dream itself. The dream self, as well as any other NPCs in the dream, is completely unaware that the physical body even exists.
Characters can actually enter into these dreams and interact with your character's dream self, as well as NPCs in the dream. However, characters won't be able to interact with canon characters in dreams. For example, if your character enters a dream where a dreamer is in the midst of a fierce battle, it is possible for your character to fight off NPCs. However, if the dreamer is fighting against another canon character, your character will not be able to interact with the canon character. In fact, the canon character will not even be aware of your character's existence.
If dream explorers touch the dreamer's physical body at any point during their exploration of the dream, they will experience everything the dreamer is going through, including thoughts and feelings, as though they are the dreamer. However, they have no control over the dreamer's actions, thoughts, or feelings, and can only experience, first hand, what it is like to see the world through the dreamer's eyes. The experience will not end until they remove their hands from the dreamer's body or until the dreamer naturally wakes up.
Dream Logs are not viewable through the Hitomi. The initial post made by the dreamer is, however, viewable if the dream log is an open log.
3. Merged Dreams
If your character and another character dream too closely in proximity to each other, and both dreams manifest in the real world, sometimes these dreams can merge. Usually this will be represented by a Merged Dream Log posted to the log community in which one or more characters will interact through their dreams.
When a Merged Dream occurs, a barrier is constructed around the dreams so no one can enter the Merged Dream itself to interact with the dreamers. Characters can, however, sometimes pass through the barrier in the physical world and physically wake one of the dreamers up (with permission from the player). If this occurs, the dreamer will be knocked out of the Merged Dream. We generally do not recommend this though, as the gods frown on such rude behavior, and waking a dreamer up during an important Merged Dream may result in repercussions to your character, such as having a particularly embarrassing dream revealed.
Merged Dream Logs are sometimes viewable through the Hitomi. Whether or not they are viewable is decided by the players.
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Dreams